Riding attachment for plows.



PATENTED JUNE 1a, 1907.

E. WALBAUM. RIDING ATTACHMENT FOR FLOWS.

APPLICATION FILED KOV.26,190B.

To all whom it may concern: 1 ter, is a plate 9, the upper portion of which VYALBAUM, a is notched to form a segment cooperating citizen of the United States, residing at Web- With a hand operated latch which is applied ster, in the county of Day and State-of South to a hand lever 11 pivoted at the lower end ful mprovements in Riding Attachments lever 11 may be held in an adjusted position for Plows, of which the following is a specifiby means of the latch applied thereto, and cation. said ever is connected at a point between its This invention consists of a simple form of ends with a rod 13, the outer end of which is IO riding attachment which is desi ned to be formed witha hook 14 adapted for adjustapplied to various types of wal 'ng plows able connection with a plate 15 attached to and the essential features of the invention t e upper portions of the handles 4 of the reside in the peculiar construction employed I plow. The plate 15 is provided at intervals which conduces to simplicity, admits of in its length with a plurality of openings 16 r 5 varied adjustment of the plow, and which is into which the hook 141 of the rod 13 is adaptgenerally advantageous from the standpoint ed to enter to connect the plate 15 with the lever 11.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that t e operator sitting on the seat 7 may readily 20 and the merits thereof and also to acquire a e share 1. The rod 13 is readily detachable from the plate 15 and this is necessary and advantageous in order to admit of throwing the share 1 out of the ground to facilitate turning of the plow.

11 actual operation, the position of the parts is substantially as shown in Fig. 1. on it is desired to turn the plow, the rider on the seat 7 will get off of said seatand detach the hook 14 from the plate 15, permitting the plow by pivotal movement, to swing to one side as shown in Fig. 2, and thereby 0 throw the share 1 out of the ground. The parts may be readily connected for operation as soon as the plow has turned and in an evient manner.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that 5 he operation of the device may be very easily performed at the expense of a minimum amount of labor on the part of the 25 Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a plow show- Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, the plow being shown in the position assumed thereby 0 when the share is out of the ground, as when the implement is being turned.

orresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same 3 5 reference characters. Specifically describing the invention, the drawing illustrates a conventional type of breaking plow embodying the usual share 1, moldboard 2, beam 3 and handles 4. The attachment co prising the invention consists of a laterally arranged wheel supporting eam 5, one end of w 'c is pivotally connected as shown at 5 with the rear end portion of the beam 3, and the outer end of which has the ground wheel 6 mounted thereon. A suitable seat 7 for the driver of the implement is applied to the wheel supporting beam 5 near the outer end portion thereof, and this portion of said beam 5 is con- 0 nected with the front end ortion of the it bar 8. The

tion of the mec anism whereby the ioo pivotal connection of the beam 5 is at a considerable distance from the point of pivotal connection of the rod 13 established by the hook 14 engaging in one of the openings 16. In other words the connection of the rod 13 is such that considerable leverage is secured in effecting adjustment of theplow relatively to the beam, and this is of considclevis 9 ordinarily located at the front end erable advantage for obvious reasons.

of the longitudinal beam 3 of all plows. Se- Having thus described the invention, what 1 IO 5 cured to and projecting upwardly from the is claimed as new is:

beam 5 intermediate of the ends of the lat- In a device of the character described, the

1 combination of a low comprising a beam tion with the before mentioned cross bar conand a pair of space handles, a cross bar eon nesting the plowhandles, and adraft bar oonneeting the handles, a laterally extending neoting the outer portion of the laterally ex 15 beam having its inner end pivotally oonneottending beam with the forward portion 0 the 5 ed to the plow beam, a wheel mounted upon plow beam.

the outer end of the said beam, a plate se- In testimony whereof I afliX my signature eured to the beam and formed with a toothed in presence of two witnesses.

edge, an operatin lever pivotally connected to the beam, a lat eh carried by the operating EDWARD WALBAUM' 5 10 lever and engaging the toothed edge of the Witnesses:

plate, a rod loosely connected to the operat G. D. PETERSON, ing lever and having an adjustable conneo- J. T. GOODWIN. 

